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NIKEI: A New Inexpensive and Non-Invasive Scoring System to Exclude Advanced Fibrosis in Patients with NAFLD

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2013

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Münevver Demir, Sonja Lang, Martin Schlattjan, Uta Drebber, Inga Wedemeyer, Dirk Nierhoff, I. Kaul, Jan Sowa, Ali Canbay, Ulrich Töx,
PLoS ONE

Abstract

The NIKEI can reliably exclude advanced fibrosis in subjects with NAFLD. In combination with the FIB-4 index misclassification with inadequate clinical management can be avoided while the need for liver biopsies can be reduced.

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